Denmark vs Europe: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Denmark
- Europe
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 7,040 kg/ha against 4,213 kg/ha in Europe, a difference of 2,827 kg/ha.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.7 times Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 8th and Europe ranks 6th of 133 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,307 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha | 2,901 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1970s | 4,893 kg/ha | 1,950 kg/ha | 2,944 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1980s | 6,239 kg/ha | 2,438 kg/ha | 3,800 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 7,013 kg/ha | 3,184 kg/ha | 3,829 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 7,278 kg/ha | 3,550 kg/ha | 3,728 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2010s | 7,320 kg/ha | 3,997 kg/ha | 3,323 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 7,663 kg/ha | 4,311 kg/ha | 3,351 kg/ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Denmark or Europe?
- Denmark, at 7,040 kg/ha against 4,213 kg/ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Denmark and Europe?
- 2,827 kg/ha, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Europe rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Denmark ranks 8th and Europe ranks 6th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.